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Working Strategies: Suggestions for awkward gift-giving moments

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

Amy LindgrenIt has to be one of the bigger conundrums of the holiday season: How to handle gift-giving for friends and loved ones who are looking for work.On the one hand, you don’t want to ignore what could currently be the most pressing issue in someone’s life while you hand over a frivolous tchotchke. But neither do you want to create a ponderous tsk-tsk session with gifts focused on their current employment issues.Navigating these waters will depend largely on your relationship and your gift-giving traditions. Of course it’s fine not to exchange gifts at all, especially if you usually don’t with this person. In that case, a warm note or holiday card might be just enough to convey your ongoing support. Since the holidays are often difficult for job seekers, this would be a nice touch in any case.If gift-giving is on your mind, the following points might trigger some ideas. They’re arranged in categories calibrated toward the needs of job seekers, but most could be a handy present...

Shooting in residential area leaves victim hospitalized in Ventura

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

A suspect is in custody after a shooting in a residential area of Ventura that left one person in the hospital.The shooting was reported around 12:05 a.m. Saturday in the 1300 block of Saratoga Avenue. A 911 caller said they heard gunfire as they were speaking with dispatchers, the Ventura County Police Department stated in a news release. Officers arrived within two minutes of the call, located the victim and began life-saving measures, police said.The unidentified victim was taken to a local hospital and was listed in stable condition.The suspect, identified as 64-year-old Stephen Wilkie, was found and taken into custody without further incident, according to police. Wilkie was arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.

Footage of fatal police shooting near Oakland City Hall is released

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

OAKLAND — The Oakland Police Department on Friday released video footage of a fatal police shooting last month near City Hall.The shooting happened just after 4 a.m. on Nov. 7 at the intersection of 16th Street and San Pablo Avenue.Related ArticlesCrime and Public Safety | Alameda reaches settlements with Mario Gonzalez’s estate, mother Crime and Public Safety | Video: Man armed with knife shot by California police after stabbing his mother Crime and Public Safety | California police shoot, kill woman pointing gun at 3-year-old boy Crime and Public Safety | Berkeley police video shows officer shooting suspect during November incident Crime and Public Safety | Lawyers argue over deadly California Costco shooting by off-duty officer — was it justified? Three security cameras in the area captured the shooting. The footage shows Lloyd Dillard, 52, walking across the intersection as an Oakland police sergeant...

Russian River dam to be lowered in anticipation of rising water levels

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

(BCN) -- The Sonoma County Water Agency will begin deflating the rubber dam on the Russian River near Forestville on Monday in anticipation of elevated water levels. The National Weather Service said a series of storms will lash the region starting Sunday, with upwards of 1 to 5 inches of rain projected throughout the Bay Area.The dam is just downstream of the Wohler Bridge and is typically inflated in the spring or early summer when water demand increases, according to Sonoma Water officials. It creates a pool of water that raises Sonoma Water's well levels in the area.In order to prevent damage on the rubber dam, it is deflated when the Russian River water flow is expected to rise above 1,600 cubic feet per second.Copyright © 2023 Bay City News, Inc.

Padre va a pescar con su hija en el lago Michigan y encuentran naufragio de 1871

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

(CNN) — Cuando la hija de 6 años de Tim Wollak vio por primera vez algo inusual mientras pescaba en el lago Michigan, pensó que era un pulpo.Pero el objeto inusual que detectaron frente a la Isla Verde de Wisconsin durante el verano resultó ser algo mucho más raro: los restos nunca antes vistos de un barco que se hundió en 1871.Wollak y su hija Henley, que viven en Peshtigo, Wisconsin, a menudo pasan tiempo juntos pescando, según WLUK, afiliada de CNN. Henley contó a WLUK que le gusta coleccionar rocas y cristales de mar mientras su padre pesca.Ambos estaban “simplemente conduciendo”, le dijo a WLUK. “Y ahí estaba.”¿Por qué el galeón San José es importante para Colombia? Historia del naufragio y sus tesorosY aunque Henley inmediatamente pensó que la extraña visión era un pulpo “raro” de Green Bay, su padre se dio cuenta de que parecía ser un naufragio.El naufragio coincide con los detalles de un barco que se hundió durante el incendio de Peshtigo, un in...

South African ex-President Jacob Zuma denounces the ANC. He pledges to vote for a new party

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Former President Jacob Zuma on Saturday denounced the governing African National Congress party and announced that he would vote for a newly-formed political formation in South Africa’s general election next year.Zuma, who was president of the ANC from 2007 to 2017, said that he’s backing the newly-formed Umkhonto we Sizwe party that is named after the ANC’s now-defunct military wing, which was disbanded after the liberation struggle.Zuma called on other South Africans to vote for the new formation, saying it would be “a betrayal to vote for the ANC” of President Cyril Ramaphosa.The country’s general election scheduled for 2024 is expected to be highly contested, because the ruling ANC, which has governed the country since Nelson Mandela became South Africa’s first democratically-elected leader in 1994, faces a myriad of challenges.Recent polls have suggested that the ANC could for the first time garner less than 50% of the national vote in next...

Sports on TV for Sunday, December 17

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

(All times Eastern)Schedule subject to change and/or blackoutsSunday, December 17COLLEGE BASKETBALL (MEN’S)1 p.m.BTN — Colgate at IllinoisCBSSN — Oregon vs. Syracuse, Sioux Falls, S.D.ESPN — Southern Cal at Auburn2 p.m.ACCN — Pepperdine at Louisville3 p.m.PAC-12N — UTSA at Oregon St.5 p.m.ESPN — Seton Hall at MissouriPAC-12N — Idaho at Stanford6 p.m.ESPNU — Chris Paul HBCU Challenge: Howard vs. Texas Southern, Las Vegas8:30 p.m.ESPNU — Chris Paul HBCU Challenge: NC A&T vs. Jackson St., Las VegasCOLLEGE BASKETBALL (WOMEN’S)12 p.m.ACCN — Purdue at Notre Dame1 p.m.SECN — Louisiana-Monroe at Alabama3 p.m.SECN — Northwestern St. at LSU4 p.m.BTN — Missouri at Illinois5:30 p.m.FS1 — Virginia Tech at Rutgers7 p.m.PAC-12N — Arizona at Arizona St.COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL (WOMEN’S)3 p.m.ABC — NCAA Tournament: Texas vs. Nebraska, Championship, Tampa, Fla.GOLF12:30 p.m.GOLF — PGA Tour: The PNC Championship, Final Round, Ritz-Carlton Golf Club, Orlando, Fla.1:30 p.m.GOLF — PGA Tour: The Q-School, F...

Today in Sports – LaDainian Tomlinson breaks Paul Hornung’s 46-year NFL single-season scoring record

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

Dec. 171933 — The Chicago Bears win the first NFL championship with a 23-21 victory over the New York Giants. The Bears score the winning touchdown on a 36-yard play that starts with a short pass from Bronko Nagurski to Bill Hewitt, who then laterals to Bill Kerr for the score.1944 — National Football League Championship, Polo Grounds, NYC: Green Bay Packers beat New York Giants, 14-7 for 6th and final league title under long-time coach Curly Lambeau.1983 — In his 352nd NHL game, Wayne Gretzky scores a goal & 5 assists in 8-1 rout of Quebec Nordiques to record his 800th point and 500th assist; averages 2.27 points, 1.42 assists, 0.85 goals per game to start career.1987 — Chicago’s Michael Jordan scores 52 points to lead the Bulls to a 111-100 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers.1991 — The Cleveland Cavaliers turn a 20-point halftime lead over Miami into the most lopsided victory in NBA history, 148-80 over the Heat. The 68-point margin eclipses the mark of 63 set March 19, 1972, wh...

Buque de Marina Real británica derriba dron de ataque contra embarcaciones en el Mar Rojo

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

Un buque de guerra de la Marina Real británica ha derribado un presunto dron de ataque dirigido contra buques mercantes en el Mar Rojo, informó el sábado el secretario de Defensa de Gran Bretaña.Grant Shapps dijo que el HMS Diamond disparó un misil Sea Viper y destruyó un dron que “tenía como objetivo la navegación mercante”. La acción nocturna es la primera vez que la Marina Real británica derriba un objetivo aéreo desde la Guerra del Golfo de 1991.Shapps dijo que los ataques contra buques comerciales en la arteria del comercio mundial por los rebeldes hutíes de Yemen “representan una amenaza directa para el comercio internacional y la seguridad marítima”. “Gran Bretaña sigue comprometida a repeler estos ataques para proteger el libre flujo del comercio mundial”, señaló en un comunicado. En imágenes: EEUU prueba un arma de rayo láser Buque destructor de EEUU en el Mar Rojo intercepta misiles disparados desde Yemen Los hutíe...

Red de lagunas halladas en Argentina dan pistas de la vida en la Tierra hace más de 3.000 millones de años

Published Mon, 23 Dec 2024 10:51:05 GMT

(CNN) — Científicos descubrieron un ecosistema previamente oculto con un extenso sistema de lagunas en las llanuras saladas de la Puna de Atacama, una meseta árida en Argentina, con estromatolitos gigantes, que podrían permitir vislumbrar la vida más temprana en la Tierra y posiblemente incluso en Marte, según nueva investigación.Los estromatolitos son rocas en capas creadas por el crecimiento de algas verdiazules, o cianobacterias, a través de la fotosíntesis. Según la NASA, las estructuras se consideran uno de los ecosistemas más antiguos de la Tierra y representan la evidencia fósil más antigua de vida en nuestro planeta de hace al menos 3.500 millones de años.“Estos son ciertamente similares a algunos de los primeros macrofósiles de nuestro planeta, y en un tipo de ambiente realmente raro en la Tierra moderna”, dijo Brian Hynek, profesor del departamento de ciencias geológicas de la Universidad de Colorado Boulder, quien ayudó a documentar el ecosistema. “Son u...